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Gary Zukav
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October 6 - October 19, 2024
I am amazed frequently—through our tendernesses and power struggles—that I not only love her, but I love loving her.
commitment that we share to creating authentic power and spiritual partnerships and to supporting people around the world to create them.
Thank you, B...
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The Seat of the Soul changed the way I see myself.
It changed the way I view the world. It caused a profound shift in the way I conduct all my relationships, business and personal.
The book came to me at the perfect time—at a moment in my life when I was rea...
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More connection. More harmony. More pe...
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The Seat of the Soul put into words what my own soul already knew and had been trying to tell me.
“multisensory perception,”
My favorite insight: “When the personality comes fully to serve the energy of its soul, that is authentic empowerment.”
“Every action, thought, and feeling is motivated by an intention, and that intention is a cause that exists as one with an effect.
If your intention is to do what other people want, they will keep asking you to do exactly that.
When I changed my intention to be about doing what I wanted, what I felt was worthy of my time, the effect automatically changed.
State your intention for the show first. Why do you want to do it? What do you want the outcome to be?
you’re ready to see the world in a new way, if you’re ready for your life to open up and change, if you’re ready for an exhilarating awakening, I think you’ll feel it, too.
“Do not be concerned. This arrow will find its mark.”
complete surprise—inspiration that came from beyond my mind, nonphysical intelligences that I could not articulate, and the electricity of creating consciously with constructive intent.
an unprecedented transformation of human consciousness and the emergence of a new power—authentic power.
Inspiration is one thing. Applying it to your life is another.
rereading the book showed me that I had things to remember, more to learn, and much more to practice.
Some of our talks I enjoyed, and others I did not, but I found myself looking forward to each one.
my first experiences of a substantive and deep relationship for the purpose of spiritual growth—a spiritual partnership.
not only that I love Linda—something I did not think myself capable of when we met—but that I love loving her!
Oprah Winfrey. She is the instrument that the Universe chose to explode me out of the backcountry and into the larger world.
Seat of the Soul Institute, gave many events, wrote books, and developed long-term, in-depth programs for small groups.
You will find all of these and more at SeatoftheSoul.com. Linda and I still enjoy giving live events when possible, including our favorite, the annual The Journey to the Soul summer retreat. I
I still encounter parts of my personality that are angry, frightened, jealous, superior, and inferior, but now I see them as opportunities to create authentic power, to choose anew.
Why not choose the conscious path, the path of joy?
transform energy into matter with your intentions—infuse your world with love and live there?
All roads lead to home. ...
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they put their souls and minds on something and reached the extraordinary place
We have much to do together. Let us do it in wisdom and love and joy. Let us make this the human experience.
We see through our five senses that every action is a cause that has an effect, and that every effect has a cause.
We see the results of our intentions.
We experience our ability to process knowledge.
We see that when the activities of life are infused with reverence, they come alive with meaning and purpose.
When perception of the physical world is limited to the five-sensory modality, the basis of life in the physical arena becomes fear.
The need for physical dominance produces a type of competition that affects every aspect of our lives.
The perception of power as external has shaped our economics.
Money is a symbol of external power. Those who have the most money have the most ability to control their environment and those within it,
Anything we fear to lose—a home, a car, an attractive body, an agile mind, a deep belief—is a symbol of external power.
What we fear is an increase in our vulnerability. This results from seeing power as external.
The perception of power as external splinters the psyche, whether it is the psyche of the individual, the community, the nation, or the world.
Our deeper understanding leads us to another kind of power, a power that loves life in every form that it appears,
This is authentic power. When we align our thoughts, emotions, and actions with the highest part of ourselves, we are filled with enthusiasm, purpose, and meaning.
We are joyously and intimately engaged with our world.
Authentic power has its roots in the deepest sour...
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All of our great teachers have been, or are, multisensory humans.
The lifetime of your personality is one of a myriad of experiences of your soul. The soul exists outside of time.
A conscious lifetime, therefore, is a treasure beyond value.
